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1、Chapter20/IncomeDistributionandPoverty❖36120INCOMEINEQUALITYANDPOVERTYWHAT’SNEWINTHESEVENTHEDITION:ThereisanewIntheNewsfeatureon“InternationalDifferencesinIncomeRedistribution."Theintroductorysectionhasbeenupdatedandtablesandvalueshavebeenupdated.LEARNINGOBJECTIVES:Bythee

2、ndofthischapter,studentsshouldunderstand:Øthedegreeofeconomicinequalityinoursociety.Øsomeproblemsthatarisewhenmeasuringeconomicinequality.Øhowpoliticalphilosophersviewthegovernment’sroleinredistributingincome.Øthevariouspoliciesaimedathelpingpoorfamiliesescapepoverty.CONT

3、EXTANDPURPOSE:Chapter20isthethirdchapterinathree-chaptersequencethataddressestheeconomicsoflabormarkets.Chapter18developedthemarketsforthefactorsofproduction.Chapter19extendedthebasicsupply-and-demandmodeltohelpexplainthewidevariationinwageswefindintheeconomy.Chapter20add

4、ressesthemeasurementofthedistributionofincomeandlooksattherolethegovernmentplaysinalteringthedistributionofincome.ThepurposeofChapter20istoaddressincomedistribution.Thediscussionproceedsbyansweringthreequestions.First,howmuchinequalityisthere?Second,whatdodifferentpolitic

5、alphilosophieshavetosayabouttheproperroleofgovernmentinalteringthedistributionofincome?Andthird,whatarethevariousgovernmentpoliciesthatareusedtohelpthepoor?KEYPOINTS:·Dataonthedistributionofincomeshowwidedisparityinoursociety.Therichestfifthoffamiliesearnsmorethantwelveti

6、mesasmuchincomeasthepoorestfifth.©2012CengageLearning.AllRightsReserved.Maynotbescanned,copiedorduplicated,orpostedtoapubliclyaccessiblewebsite,inwholeorinpart.Chapter20/IncomeDistributionandPoverty❖361·Becausein-kindtransfers,theeconomiclifecycle,transitoryincome,andecon

7、omicmobilityaresoimportantforunderstandingvariationinincome,itisdifficulttogaugethedegreeofinequalityinoursocietyusingdataonthedistributionofincomeinasingleyear.Whenthesefactorsaretakenintoaccount,theytendtosuggestthateconomicwell-beingismoreequallydistributedthanisannual

8、income.·Politicalphilosophersdifferintheirviewsabouttheroleofgovernmentinalteringthedistribution